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a. WASMNGTON D c purpose mentioned, and, further, to provide for attachment to an easel for holding sketches UNITED STATES GEORGE A. ROBBINS, OF SLATE HILL PATENT OFFICE.

, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK B. CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.

EASEL ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,703, dated December 22, 1896.

Application filed March 19 1896.

T0 ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. ROBBINS, of Slate Hill, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Easel Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices designed or original drawings from which an artist de sires to make a finished picture, the object being to provide a convenient device for the means, in connection with the device, for holding drawing or painting materials.

I will describe a device embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an auxiliary attachment, and Fig. 4 is a section thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a supporting-arm designed for attachment to a vertical member of an easel, so that it may be adjusted both vertically and laterally with relation to the easel. As a means for attaching the arm to an easel I employ a clamp, here shown as jaws 2 3, movably engaging on the arm 1. One of the jaws, as here shown the jaw 2, is provided with a bar 4, extended parallel with the arm 1 and having a reduced portion passing loosely through an opening in the other jaw. It will be seen by this construction that the jaws are adjustable with relation to each other, so as to accommodate them to the width of an easel upright. A thumb-screw 5, extended through a tapped hole in the jaw 3, serves to hold the jaws as adjusted by impinging upon the bar 4, and a binding-screw 6, passing through a tapped hole in the jaw 2, serves to secure the jaws to the easel byimpinging against the same. The arm 1 is preferably round and the openings through the jaws correspondingly shaped, so that the arm may be turned or adjusted axi- Serial No. 583,935. (No model.)

ally, which may be necessary when the device is used on an inclined easel. To secure the arm as thus adjusted, I employ a set-screw 7, extended through a tapped hole in one of the jaws.

On the outer end of the arm 1 a bar 8 is mounted in such a manner as to be adjustable transversely of the arm. The bar is here shown as provided with a longitudinal slot 9, through which a set-screw 10 extends from the arm 1 through a nut 11, hearing on the upper side of the bar. Extended Vertically from one end of the bar 8 is an adjustable bar consisting of sections 12 and 13. The sections are here shown as telescopic, and the sections may be held as adjusted by means of a setscrew 11. The section 12 is movable through a socket 15 on the bar 8 and may be secured by means of a set-screw 16. To the upper end of the section 13 is secured a horizontallyextended sleeve 17, through which a horizontal supporting-rod, consisting of telescopic sections 18 and 19, is movable. The supporting-rod may be secured as adjusted in the sleeve by means of a set-screw 20, and the sections 18 19 may be secured as adjusted with relation to each other by a set-screw 2].

Mounted to move on the supporting-bar are clips 22 23, each consisting of a single strip of metal folded to form two clamping members and having a clamping-screw 24. These clips are designed to engage the sketch or picture to be copied, and of course they may be moved to the desired positions to suit the size of the sketch or picture.

A tray 25 is secured to the end opposite that to which the vertical rod is attached, and ex tended upward from the tray 25 is a post 26, upon which is mounted a tray 27, a paletteholder 28, and a brush-holder 29. The post 26 is round in cross-section, so that the parts 27 and 28 may be moved axially thereof. These parts 27 28 and also the part 29 may be removed from the post, and preferably the lower end of the post engages in a socket 30, secured to the tray 25.

The trays 25 and 27 are intended to receive oil-cups, paints, and other utensils for artists use, and the brush-holder 29 is provided with holes into which the brush-handle ends may be inserted. The palette-holder 28 comprises IOO to swing in a Vertical plane.

jaws 31, designed to be clamped on a palette by means of a clamp-screw 32, and these .jaws are clamped to a clip 33 in such a manner as The clip 33 is adjustable on the post 26 and may be held as adjusted by a set-screw 34.

I will now describe a photograph-holder and magnifying-glass that may be used in connection with the arm 1. This portion of the invention is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, which show a longitudinal slotted bar 35 similar to the bar 8 and designed for adjustment on the arm 1. On one end of the bar 35 is secured a glass holder-block 36. This holder-block 36 is provided with a vertical groove to receive one side of a glass handle 37, the outer side of said handle being engaged by a yoke 38, the arms of which extend through holes in the block and engage with a spring 39, the lower end of which is attached to the inner side of the block. On the opposite end of the bar 35 is-mounted to slide a photograph-holder consisting of a vertical plate 40, having jaws 41 42 to engage the opposite sides of a photograph-card. The jaws are to be clamped on the card by means of a clamping-screw 43.

In both examples of my invention it will be seen that the arm 1 supports a bar, upon which is mounted a picture holder and a tool or utensil holder, and that the bar is adj ustable longitudinally on the arm and also has a rotary adj ustment in a horizontal plane.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An easelattachment, comprising an arm, a clamp thereon for engagement with an easel, a bar adjustably mounted on the arm, a telescopic bar extended vertically from and adjustable with relation to the first-named bar, a telescopic bar mounted horizontally on the vertical bar, and a picture-holding clamp on each member of the horizontal bar, substantially as specified.

2. An easel attachment, comprising an arm adapted for engagement with an easel and for horizontal adjustment with relation thereto, a bar transversely adjustable on the arm, a picture-holder on one end of said bar, a vertical post on the other end of said bar and a disk on said post provided with holes to re ceive the ends of brush-handles, substantially as specified.

3. An easel attachment, comprising an arm, a picture-holder mounted on the arm, and a clamp for securing the arm to an easel, consisting of a jaw having a bar extended from it, another jaw having an opening through which said bar passes, whereby the jaws may be adjusted with relation to each other, and a set-screw for securing the jaws as adjusted, substantially as specified.

4. An easel attachment, comprising an arm maxim,

adapted for horizontal adj ustment on an easel,

the arm, a picture-holder mounted on one end of said bar, a tray mounted on the other end of said bar, a socket on said tray, a post removably engaging in said socket, a tray mounted to rotate on said post and a palette-holder adjustably mounted on the post, substantially as specified.

6. An easel attachment, comprising an arm, a bar adjustable thereon, a picture-holder supported on one end of said bar, a tray mounted on the other end of said bar, a post having removable connection with the tray, a tray mounted to rotate on the post, and a brush-holder on the post consisting of a disk having holes formed in it, substantially as specified.

GEORGE A. ROBBINS. lVitnesses:

WVILLIAM H. GREEN, CARRIE F. GREEN. 

